{"id":256456,"date":"2017-07-18T06:06:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=256456"},"modified":"2017-07-18T06:06:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:06:01","slug":"30-tonga-govt-undergo-intl-accounting-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/30-tonga-govt-undergo-intl-accounting-training\/","title":{"rendered":"30 from Tonga govt undergo int\u2019l accounting training"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256457\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PASAI-pix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-256457\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PASAI-pix-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Workshop facilitators and participants. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-256457\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workshop facilitators and participants. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pacific Association for Supreme Audit Intuitions and the University of the South Pacific partnered last week to promote improved government transparency and accountability through training on \u201cInternational Public Sector Accounting Standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The weeklong training, from July 3 to July 7, for Tonga government accountants and auditors concluded on Friday in Nuku\u2019alofa, Tonga. It was attended by 30 participants from the Office of the Auditor-General, Ministry of Finance and National Planning, government ministries, and public enterprises. The participants are now equipped with the skills needed to produce financial statements in line with international accounting standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe high level of participation, including attendance during a public holiday, underscores the importance of attaining the world\u2019s best accounting skills and standards,\u201d said Sefita Tangi, auditor-general of Tonga.<\/p>\n<p>The USP also delivered an online course on IPSAS Cash Basis using its online learning management system called \u201cMoodle.\u201d Four staff of the Tonga Office of the Auditor-General and two from the Ministry of Finance and National Planning participated in this online learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralia is pleased to support this important work in Tonga. Strengthened accounting skills and broader public financial management will help to build the confidence of both the general public and those wanting to invest in Tonga\u2019s future,\u201d said Australia deputy high commissioner Rhona McPhee. <\/p>\n<p>The program is one of the activities under the Support for External Oversight Function of the Public Financial Management System (Tonga), which aims to enhance the knowledge and interpretation of IPSAS and their application. The use of cases from the Tonga government and public enterprises accounts assisted the participants in understanding the practical application of the standards. The knowledge gained from the training hopes to improve the quality of the financial statements of Tonga government and public enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>PASAI acknowledges the financial support of the Australian government in improving public financial management in Tonga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific Association for Supreme Audit Intuitions and the University of the South Pacific partnered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":256457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[195,17612,17613,466],"class_list":["post-256456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pacific","tag-australia","tag-ipsas","tag-sefita-tangi","tag-tonga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}